Loose leaf calendar



Jan. 19, 1937. o. P. WINFORD LOOSE LEAF CALENDAR Filed March 6, 1933Patented Jan. 19, 937

UNITED STATES LOOSE LEAF CALENDAR Orion P. Winford, St. Paul, Minn,assignor to Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn a corporation of MinnesotaApplication March 6, 1933, Serial No. 659,694

9 Claims.

This invention relates to a loose leaf calendar wherein the calendarsheets may be held as loose leaf memorandums with calendar indiciaassociated therewith. Each sheet of the calendar may be loosely disposedupon a suitable holding means so that the sheets may be mounted in abinder which holds them together collectively to form the calendar. Thusthe calendar sheets may be removed and placed back of each other afterthe particular month illustrated on the face thereof has passed, and beretained hanging in a loose leaf manner as an indexed memorandum asassociated with the different months of the year.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide a loose leaf memorandumpack with a pocket and index for each sheet. The sheets are made from asingle piece of material having an end folded over to form a pocket onone end of the sheet and with suitable indicia associated with thepocket having reference to the indicia showing upon the memorandumsheetwhich permits the pocket to be used as an indexed file with thememorandum sheet. r

5 In this manner I provide a pack of loose leaf sheets which may be usedas a ready reference file with the pocket for receipts, bills,statements, etc., for the month, and wherein indexed indicia permitsreference to any particular day and such memorandums as may be desiredto be entered for such time. With the simple, inexpensive constructionof my loose leaf pack and calendar, the sheets may be readily placed atthe back of the pack after-they have been used at the front and savedfor future reference.

I also provide a suitable means of hanging the pack upon the wall whichincludes a convenient holding means for a pencil as well as providingthe holder for the loose leaf sheets of the pack and a covering orbinding means for the sheets of the pack.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front viewof my'loose leaf calendar with the indexedpockets. Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 illustrates one of the loose leaf calendar sheets with thepocket, showing the same removed from the pack.

Figure 4 is a detail of a portion of the loose leaf calendar, showingthe hanger element which forms a binder for the cover and a holder for apencil.

Figure 5 illustrates the died-out formation of each loose leaf sheet, toshow the construction of the pocket thereof.

The loose leaf calendar and memorandum A is formed with a series ofsheets I0. The sheets II] are died-cut as illustrated in Figure 5 toform the lower end H of the sheet with end flaps l2. The lower ends llof the sheets in is folded on 5 the dotted line l3 and the end flaps l2are pasted to the back of the sheets so as to form a pocket I4 on thelower end of each sheet Ill.

The front face of the pocket I4 of the sheets Ill may be printed withindicia l5 to indicate 10 months of the year, as January, February, etc.The indicia l5 may also serve as an index to refer to the memo portionI6 of the sheet i0 whenever it is desired. The portion l6 may be dividedto correspond with the divisions and in- 15 dicia on the face of thepocket [4 so that each has due reference to each other.

The sheets it! are perforated at I! and are adapted to fit over the loopI8 of the hanger member iflwhich is formed from apiece of sheet 20 metaland which is provided with an eye 20 so that the hanger member l9 cansupport the calendar or pack A on the wall.

. "The hanger member I!) is adapted to be fixed to the binder B whichacts as a supporting means 25 and holder for the individual loose leafsheets l0 and which is formed with a back portion 21, ordinarily alittle larger than the sheets Ill, and formed with an integraldownwardly depending cover flap portion 22 which is smaller than the 30back 2| so as to permit the face or pocket M to be exposed asillustrated in Figure 1.. The portion 22 formsa cover flap and may beprovided with a display space such as 23. The hanger member I9 is formedfrom a single piece and the loop 35 portion thereof extends through theopening 24 in the back portion 2|. The cover flap 22 is formed with theopening '25 which fits down over the loop I8 and permits a pencil 26 orother implement to be placed throughthe loop l8, there- 40 by forming alocking means for holding the flap '22 down against the top portion l6of the sheets in, when the binder-is normally held upon the wall. It isimportant that this binder is up near the top edge 21 of the calendar orpack A, where 5 the same is out of the way and in a position where itwill not interfere with the display surface 23 of the same. It is alsoimportant that the hanger member 19 forms the loop which provides aholder for the pencil 26, as well as forming the means 50 of engagingthrough the perforations ll of the sheets H! to hold the sheets inalignment by the single supporting means'of the loop in this simplemanner. The loop is of suflicient width to give the, proper bearing andengagement in the open- 55 mg I! to hold the sheets in line with eachother In use the calendar or indexed pack with theloose leaf sheetshaving pockets thereon is very desirable for receipts, bills,statements, or other slips or articles that are desired to be placed inthe pocket I and which may have a bearing as to particular memorandumcarried upon the surface I6. The pocket as associated with the calendarand particularly with the loose leaf feature, provides a utility for thecalendar of a very desirable nature. The individual sheets l0 may bereplaced by other sheets at any time or may be removed after the monthappearing on the face of the pocket ll has elapsed, and the past monthplaced at the back of the calendar upon the weight supporting loop l8and held neatly and tidily in place even though the pocket of the samecontains matters which had a particular bearing for that month. Thus theuser of this calendar may refer back to the matters in the pocket at anytime or may remove the sheet entirely andstore it away, folding it as anenvelope by folding the portions 16. down over the pocket It and therebykeeping the entire memorandum and pocket for future reference. Thiscalendar memorandum loose leaf pocket may also carry indicia on the backof the same of material interest to the user of the calendar, such asfarmers, or others using the calendar, thereby increasing the utility ofthe same. Further, the cover or binder B may be formed in a permanentmanner so that the loose leaf sheets may be supplied at any time.

It is also apparent that as a reference pack, the loose leaf memorandumsheets with the pockets H on the same are very desirable for differentuses than a calendar and wherein the date indicia such as l5 may bereference indexes which will correspond with similar reference indexeson the memorandum portion l6. Therefore the utility is apparent, moreparticularly because the device is of a simple nature, yet having apractical appeal for these uses and others of a similar character.

I claim:

1. A loose leaf calendar including, a back, a

binder member mounted at the upper edge of said back adapted to supporta series of loose leafsheets, each sheet having indicia at the topthereof to represent one or more months of the year, a pocket on thelower portion of each of said sheets formed as a part thereof, acalendar on said pocket, and means for supporting said sheets freelyremovable in their entirety.

2. A memorandum pack including, a cover member having a back portion, afront cover sheet adapted to extend over the back, a series of looseleaf sheets, and loop means adapted to form a hanger for said backextending through the top of said back and said sheets with the loopthereof forming a pencil-receiving channel.

3. A loose leaf pocket sheet including, a memo- ,randum portion, and apocket associated with saifmemorandum portion, corresponding inand covermeans normally concealing said memo- 5 randum portion and exposing saidpocket.

4. A calendar comprising, a series of loose leaf sheets, a binderadapted to extend along the back and over a part of said sheets, a metalloop hanger, openings in said binder and each of said 10 sheets tosupport said sheets in a loose leaf man her, and rodlike means extendingthrough said loop to hold said binder and loose leaf sheets together ina pack. I

5. A calendar comprising, a binder back and 15 cover portion, a metalsupporting hanger secured to said back, a loop formed in said hangerbetween the ends thereof, openings formed through said back and coverportions, a series of loose leaf sheets held on said loop under saidcover portion, 20

and a member adapted to extend through said loop to lock said sheets andbinder together in a loose leaf calendar.

6. A calendar comprising, a series of sheets each of which have an uppermemorandum por- 2 tion, a pocket formed by folding the lower end of eachsheet onto itself, calendar indicia on said pocket, means for holdingsaid sheets in loose leaf form together in a pack, and a cover sheetconcealing said upper memorandum portion of 3 holding said sheetsremovable and replaceable 35 and in a manner to change the respectivepositions of said sheets so that the top sheet may be placed back of allof the other sheets, and calendar indlcia on each of said sheets.

8. A calendar including, a binder member, and 40 means for supporting aseries of calendar sheets in a loose leaf manner in said binder memberone in back of another, means cooperable with said binder to preventrelative movement of said binder and the attached portion of saidsheets, said as means removable whereby said sheets may be transposedfrom the front to the back in use as a calendar. g

9. A reference calendar including, a backing sheet, a series of sheetseach of which has a memo-- to randum flap thereon, a pocket formed oneach of said sheets by folding one end of said sheets onto itself, andloose leaf supporting meanson said backing sheet for supporting one edgeof said sheets in definite fixed relation.toysaid backing sheet toprovide a calendar pack. and said sheets having a construction to permitthe memorandumflap associated with said pocket to be folded over ontothe pocket to close the same when said sheets are removed from the pack,forming a 60 pocket or envelope-like container by each of said sheetsfor holding receipts, bills and the like therein for future reference.

ORION P. WINFORD.

